Director

Bae Yong-kyun

Directing

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 235647

IMDb ID: nm0046282

Known for: Directing

Born: November 20, 1951

Age: 74

Place of birth: Daegu, South Korea

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1989 - 1995

Years active: 7

Average TMDB rating: 7.08

Wikidata: Q4841208

Also known as

Bae Yong-gyun • 배용균

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Biography

Mr. Bae studied visual arts in South Korea and France, and he's an art professor in Korea. His first and the only feature length film, "Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?", probably is the only film in Korean film history to be released abroad first. Its sudden debut caused quite a stir Korea, and only after a successful film festival cicuit tour in Europe, it made its screening in Korea. Despite high media and public attention, Bae remained and still remains unknown and mysterious. It is known, however, that it took more than 7 years to complete his film, and that he used his own resources for the film and did not use any professional actors. Offers from large film studios poured in, but Bae declined them and maintains a private life.

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